"What the hell is going on?!" shouted Haoyun once again to Dao Lao.
Dao Lao, while continuing to examine the detection information sent by the system, replied with a furrowed brow, "It seems that Anselin has released some kind of restraint, which has caused the originally hidden misfortune energy to manifest. And from the results of the system's detection, they all seem to belong to the branch of misfortune energy within Anselin's body."
"Hahaha! Now I want to see who's really walking the path of death! Run! Take advantage of the fact that I haven't unleashed my wrath yet, you two better run now! Otherwise, when I recover, I will make you my first sacrifice!" Anselin exclaimed excitedly at Haoyun and Dao Lao.
"Anselin, what have you done?" Dao Lao questioned loudly.
"Hahaha! Do you know how long I have waited for this moment to come? Let me tell you, I found a kind of Doomsday Ore on this planet. This ore contains a unique energy that helped me hide better. That's why I chose to hide here deep underground on this planet and quietly waited for the right fusion host to appear again. And I, Archbishop Anselin, am the unique chosen one!" Anselin said, gloating as she continued to absorb the gathering magic energy.
"Then you separated the misfortune energy from yourself and hid it in the Doomsday energy, implanted it into these elves through Elven cookies, and by extracting misfortune from them with my help, you recruited more energy for yourself?" Dao Lao instantly understood the reasoning behind Anselin's actions.
"Hahaha! By blending extremely weak energy into the appropriate amount of Doomsday energy, I naturally could evade your pursuit. And although these elves generate very little misfortune and negative emotions, after my refining, they were able to fulfill their task of nurturing energy for me very well." It seemed she knew Haoyun and Dao Lao couldn't do anything to her now, so she revealed many truths without fear.
"Now, all I need to do is recall the misfortune energy temporarily stored in their bodies, as well as the black magic power they obtained with my help, and I can recruit enough energy to restore my strength. As for those Light Elves, although they cannot cultivate black magic to recruit energy for me, I can draw nourishment from the negative energy generated within them. Hmph. Who caused their bodies and minds to become more corrupted due to the limited influence of misfortune energy?" Anselin continued.
"You will kill innocent elves like this! This will only deepen your sin! You cannot escape the punishment of the spirits!" Dao Lao asked coldly.
"Hmph. So what? In the Divine War, I have already slaughtered many living beings, and I have long become a heinous criminal in your eyes. So even if I kill a few more living beings now, what's the harm? Hmph. After all, I came here to destroy and wreak havoc." Anselin said disdainfully, showing a profoundly evil smile to Dao Lao.
"Shameless!" Dao Lao angrily cursed.
Then, Dao Lao broke through Anselin's suppression several times in a row, and with the help of the mobility assistance function, leaped high to launch an attack on Anselin. Unfortunately, due to his poor condition, Dao Lao's attacks were mostly ineffective, and he was repeatedly sent flying by the black lightning swords shot by Anselin. Meanwhile, Haoyun, due to his even weaker strength, could only kneel on the terrace under Anselin's suppression, watching Dao Lao retreat in each confrontation with Anselin.
Seeing Anselin continuously gaining large and small amounts of magic energy, and her strength further increasing, and the elves struggling in pain on the ground due to having their energy taken away by Anselin, Haoyun and Dao Lao were both extremely anxious at this moment. Fortunately, when Anselin saw that Dao Lao no longer launched an attack on her, she once again focused all her attention on absorbing magic energy.
Anselin completely ignored Haoyun and Dao Lao's actions, directly causing the two of them unable to trigger the peculiar clause of crumbling retreat due to their lives being severely threatened and urgently seeking support. Of course, Anselin's disregard for Haoyun and Dao Lao also gave them a rare opportunity to catch their breath. However, while catching their breath, Haoyun and Dao Lao were still observing Anselin's every move. Because they hoped to find Anselin's weaknesses and seize the opportunity to disrupt her behavior of absorbing magic energy again.
Just then, a sharp female voice came from the sky, "Hmph! Finally, I found you! Where else can you escape to this time?!"
Immediately after, several bright energy beams shot like lightning, "swish, swish, swish," piercing through the thick purple-red clouds, accurately hitting Anselin.
Anselin was hit by the sudden attack and staggered back several steps before barely stopping her retreat. The damage of these energy beams was very strong, so they left several black hole-like bullet holes in her body when concentrated on her body, and black magic energy escaped from the bullet holes from time to time.
Anselin's face changed drastically upon seeing this. She hurriedly chanted a spell, letting more magic energy flow into her body from the bullet holes to repair the injuries. Then, Anselin turned her head to the direction where the energy beams were coming from and angrily shouted, "Who dares to be so bold?!"
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At this moment, the cloud that was pierced by several energy beams was blasted open into a huge hole by the impact of the energy beams. Then, a woman with a cloak hanging upside down behind her, holding a futuristic assault rifle in her hand, quickly descended from the hole in the cloud.
This woman stared angrily at Anselin, and after ignoring Anselin's question once again, she unceremoniously attacked Anselin again. The woman's marksmanship was extremely precise, coupled with the high-speed energy beams fired from her weapon, which made every shot of hers accurately hit Anselin. However, Anselin was clearly more prepared this time. Just before the energy beams hit her, she quickly raised her hand and condensed a black mist around her body, blocking all the incoming energy beams.
Although Anxilin was pushed back by the tremendous impact of the energy beams, it was apparent that these beams could no longer harm her. Seeing this, Anxilin also suppressed her look of fear and then waved both hands forward simultaneously. The clusters of dark energy flying towards her turned into swords, changing direction to fly towards the woman in the sky.
The woman was not one to back down either. Upon seeing the magical swords flying towards her, she immediately leaped out and swiftly dodged and intercepted the swords that kept attacking her. It was evident that this woman had exceptional marksmanship, ensuring that every energy beam from her high-tech rifle hit each sword accurately, regardless of her flying posture.
Compared to the woman's high-tech rifle, Anxilin's magical swords seemed somewhat feeble. When hit by the energy beams from the high-tech rifle, the swords would disintegrate with a bang. The dispersed dark energy would then ignite, burning and disappearing quickly.
"You despicable sneak attacker! I'll kill you!" Seeing several clusters of dark energy, including trace amounts of mold spirit energy, being obliterated by the woman, Anxilin roared with a fierce expression. With a wave of her hand, she summoned more dark energy into swords and shot them towards the woman.
The woman wasn't one to be outdone. While continuously dealing with the swords flying all around her, she mocked, "Hmph! With your meager skills, you dare challenge me? You should take a good look at yourself before picking a fight with me!"
After saying this, she continued to break several swords in succession, using her agile movements to avoid the swords coming from another direction while shooting a few more rounds at Anxilin provocatively. Anxilin was so infuriated that she gritted her teeth audibly.
With the sudden appearance of the woman and successfully diverting Anxilin's attention, she had to temporarily suspend her active absorption of the pervasive dark energy. Thus, although the dark energy continued to fly towards Anxilin, their speed and the rate at which Anxilin absorbed them noticeably slowed down, indirectly delaying Anxilin's rapid increase in power.
"Who's that girl? She's so strong!" Watching the woman's imposing figure in the sky, Haoyun exclaimed.
At the same time Haoyun asked, his Mold Spirit Energy Tracking System also provided him with basic information about the woman: Identity: Confidential. Gender: Female. Department: Bureau of Mold Spirit Energy Pursuit, Ling Spirit Realm. Occupation: Mold Spirit Energy Pursuit Priest. Life motto: When I'm patient with you, I advise you to be kind, or else you're seeking death yourself, and so on.
"She's a priest! So, she's a Mold Spirit Energy Pursuit Priest!" Haoyun rejoiced upon seeing the information provided by the system.
On the other hand, Dao Lao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "She must have received my distress signal and specially rushed over to support us. In that case, our chances of winning have increased a bit! Haoyun, you try to adjust your state as much as possible. I'll go forward and assist her!"
After that, Dao Lao picked up his weapon again and headed to the battlefield. However, it was somewhat awkward because Dao Lao couldn't fly. Therefore, he could only stand at the edge of the Black Stone Castle's rooftop, using a staff of light to attack the dark energy flying by him, thereby reducing the amount of dark energy Anxilin could absorb as much as possible. Seeing this, Anxilin immediately turned some dark energy into swords and launched an attack on Dao Lao. Hindered by his greatly diminished strength, Dao Lao had to quickly retreat back onto the rooftop and fight against a dozen or so swords.
"Dao Lao, hang in there! Let me see if I can capture the mold spirit energy from these dark energies!" Haoyun suggested as he quickly commanded his system to activate the Mold Spirit Energy Collection function, attempting to capture the mold spirit energy from the dark energy swords.
Sure enough, Haoyun effortlessly captured all the mold spirit energy from the dozen swords Dao Lao was battling. However, due to collecting a large amount of mold spirit energy while deciphering the array in the basement, Haoyun's mold spirit energy storage was nearly full after capturing these energies. Consequently, he had to abandon capturing the mold spirit energy from the last two swords.
Seeing Haoyun's method was effective, Dao Lao also immediately activated his mold spirit energy collector to capture the mold spirit energy constantly emanating from the Black Stone Castle. Although Dao Lao knew that facing such a large amount of mold spirit energy, even if he filled his mold spirit energy storage to the brim, it would still be insignificant, he had no better way to stop the dark energy from flying towards Anxilin. Therefore, Dao Lao could only take it one step at a time.
"Hmph. I thought this smell was so familiar! So, you're the idiot who escaped by a fluke! Hmph. Your master, that foolish poor thing, couldn't even kill me with his life's last strike. How can a dirty little bug like you kill me? Oh well. Since you're seeking death, let me do a good deed and send you to meet your master." Anxilin, who had been directly confronting the woman, after repeatedly blocking the woman's attacks with her magical shield, put some residual energy from the energy beams into her mouth, tauntingly said.
"Shut up! Die!" Hearing Anxilin's mockery, the woman was furious.
At the same time, taking advantage of the gaps in dodging the dark energy swords, the woman quickly adjusted her rifle and fired three shots in rapid succession. Then, three energy beams accurately avoided the flight paths of every sword in the sky and hit Anxilin's magical shield directly. Because the three shots hit the same spot on the magical shield accurately, part of Anxilin's magical shield was damaged due to being unable to withstand three consecutive energy beam attacks. Therefore, the fourth energy beam shot by the woman passed directly through Anxilin's shield and headed straight towards her face.